hòu

behind; after; later

Character data

Radical ⼝ (30.3)
Strokes 6
TRADITIONAL ,
SIMPLIFIED

Definitions

后 hòu
  1. 1. behind
  2. 2. after
  3. 3. later
  4. 4. afterwards
  5. 5. back
  6. 6. rear
  7. 7. post-
  8. 8. empress
  9. 9. queen
  10. 10. surname Hou
  11. 11. ruler
  12. 12. (archaic) monarch

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Words containing 后

Word Meaning
to defer; to adjourn
(dialect) to leave unfinished business
chronological
to push back (progress, the times etc)
Second epistle of St Paul to Timothy
diluted earnings per share
after school
to fire after the horse has bolted (idiom); to act too late to be effective
final day
the Last Supper (in the biblical Passion story)
deadline; final time limit (for project)
the Last Supper (in the Christian Passion story)
backwards; facing back
finally
Li Houzhu, last Southern Tang king, poet
Hanggin Rear banner or Xanggin Xoit khoshuu in Bayan Nur bā yàn nào ěr, Inner Mongolia
nuclear fuel reprocessing
afterwards; then
to follow in other people's footsteps
after death; posthumous
Water Margin Sequel, by Chen Chen chén chén
after a catastrophe; post-traumatic
Urat Rear Banner, county in Inner Mongolia
recoilless rifle
Debussy's Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun